Thank you Andrew,
Your reply was very helpful.
73,
Bill KU8H
On 11/03/2015 07:31 AM, Andrew Ikin wrote:
Bill wrote on Nov. 3.
<Let me relieve my ignorance here. What is the difference between a
signal limiter and AGC? Or what is the difference between a signal
limiter and a diode clamp?>
AGC is an automatic variable gain function of a receiver to compensate
for fluctuations in signal strength, a signal limiter, limits or
clamps excess signal that could overload the receiver input circuits.
The signal limiter could be a diode clamp or a saturated transformer.
73
Andrew
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